The subcommittee will have oversight jurisdiction over the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and public sector unions and the office of the president, Meadows’ announcement says.

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows will chair a House subcommittee that examines how well the government works during the next session of Congress, his office announced Tuesday.

Meadows, a Jackson County Republican who begins his second term in January, will be chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It currently has seven members.

The subcommittee will have oversight jurisdiction over the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and public sector unions and the office of the president, Meadows’ announcement says.

Its current responsibilities include overseeing operation of laws about making federal records available to the public and news media and preservation of records. It also is involved in federal property and information technology issues.

Meadows said in a statement that President Barack Obama’s administration “is among the least transparent in history and has stonewalled Congress at every turn. I look forward to working with (new Committee Chairman Jason) Chaffetz and my colleagues on the committee to end this administration’s legacy of secretiveness.”

Chaffetz, R-Utah, is taking the place of Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., as head of the full committee.

Issa, whose tenure has been controversial, is stepping down because of term limits for committee chairs. His committee sometimes embarrassed the Obama administration with hearings like a recent one on the Affordable Care Act that included testimony from MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, a consultant in development of the act whose comments disparaging voters’ understanding of the law angered conservatives.